"Among swing voters, they don't care about the party labels, " says Bush's polling analyst Matthew Dowd.

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We're joined by Matthew Dowd who is the chief campaign strategist for President Bush in 2004, and more recently, for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Matthew Dowd, who was a pollster and campaign strategist during President Bush's two runs for the White House, said that's because voters feel they already know what Giuliani did Sept. 11.

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Senior Bush adviser Matthew Dowd sent two memos last year to GOP supporters to prepare them for an inevitable dip in the president's opinion poll numbers when a Democratic front-runner emerged.

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Matthew Dowd is a former strategist for President Bush.

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And Matthew Dowd, welcome to the program.

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